Jazz Up Your Fireplace This Christmas With Exclusive Belle Noel Christmas Stocking Designs

A new needlepoint stocking collection by NeedlePaint.com is sure to liven up your living room mantel and be the talk of this year's Christmas.

Denver (I-Newswire) June 29, 2012 - NeedlePaint.com is rolling out a new personalized needlepoint Christmas stocking collection featuring exclusive work designed by artist Heidi Damata of Soulrise Designs.

The new Belle Noel needlepoint kits were inspired by Heidi's always bright and colorful work and were designed to bring out the colors in your house. An over-sized design of 19 x 10.5 inches means stockings in this exclusive collection hold lots of gifts and are sure to brighten your mantle in style.

All of the designs are made to be personalized so the stocking will be a cherished part of the Christmas tradition.  The needlepoint canvases can be made on 12 or 10 mesh mono deluxe canvas, and are available with Waverly tapestry wool.  Personalized Belle Noel series needlepoint stocking canvases start $89!

NeedlePaint.com is an online needlepoint store where shoppers can easily upload their own photos and have them turned into needlepoint kits and canvases.  The shop keeps over 400 colors of embroidery floss in stock and can put images onto 10, 12, 14, and 18 mesh mono deluxe Zweigart canvas.  They specialize in custom needlepoint projects and also offer stitch finishing as well as pillow finishing services.

Needlepoint is a form of counted thread embroidery in which yarn is stitched through a stiff open weave canvas. Most needlepoint designs completely cover the canvas. Although needlepoint may be worked in a variety of stitches, many needlepoint designs use only a simple tent stitch which rely upon color changes to construct a pattern.  Needlepoint is not only fun, but has been found to be very relaxing by many stitchers.  Needlepoint projects can be put in frames and displayed on the wall, made into pillows, and mounted in ways still yet to be discovered.  To see many fun new needlepoint ideas, visit the NeedlePaint.com blog at http://designneedlepointkits.com/